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Velocity Magazine Velocity Magazine is a monthly youth culture magazine published in the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area. Debuting in November 2005, it became the first publication specifically for and about “Gen-Y” in the eastern Nebraska and western Iowa region.
Velocity of propagation Velocity of Propagation (VoP) or velocity factor is a parameter that characterizes the speed at which an electrical or radio signal or the sound signal passes through a medium. Expressed as a percentage, it is the ratio of a signal's transmission speed compared to the speed of light in vacuum or the speed of sound.
Velocity saturation In semiconductors, when a strong enough electric field is applied, the carrier velocity in the semiconductor reaches a maximum value. When this happens, the semiconductor is said to be in a state of velocity saturation.
Velocity selector A velocity selector is used in accelerator mass spectroscopy to select particles based on their speed. The velocity selector is composed of orthogonal electric and magnetic fields, such that particles with the correct charge to mass ratio and speed will be unaffected, and other particles will be deflected.
Velocity XL The Velocity XL is the eXtra Large version of the canard pusher aircraft from Velocity Aircraft. Available in 4 seat or 5 seat (the -5 version) configurations, this aircraft offers spacious, high performance long distance stylish cruising.
Veloso (artist) Veloso is the Internet handle of Greg Falcon, an Internet artist known for creating animutations such as the popular Irrational Exuberance Flash animation. Veloso (short for Very Low Sodium, pulled from the side of a Coke can) lives in Austin, Texas and works for a software company.
Velouria "Velouria" is an song by the American alternative rock Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. "Velouria" features on their album Bossanova and was the first single to be released from it.
Velours du KasaĂŻ Velours du KasaĂŻ (KasaĂŻ velvet) is a kind of textile fabric made in Kasai, a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ZaĂŻre). Traditionally, the weaving is done by men of the Shoowa from the Kuba ethnic group, while the embroidery is reserved to women.
Velsharoon Velsharoon the Archmage of Necromancy, also known as the Vaunted, is a fictional deity of the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Velsharoon is the undead demigod of necromancy, necromancers, evil liches, lichdom and undeath.
Veltins-Arena The Veltins Arena is a football (soccer) stadium in the German city of Gelsenkirchen that is considered one of the most modern stadiums in the world. Originally named the Arena AufSchalke, it opened in 2001 as the new home ground for the Bundesliga football club FC Schalke 04.
Velukandakiya Velukandakiya is considered one of the two standard-bearer lay female disciples of the Buddha, the other being Khujjuttara. She is known as the mother of Nanda (not the step-brother of Buddha with the same name).
Velupillai Prabhakaran Velupillai Prabhakaran (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; born November 26, 1954), sometimes referred to as V. Prabhakaran or Pirabaharan or as Thambi, was born in the northern coastal town of Velvettithurai, Sri Lanka to Thiruvenkadam Velupillai and Vallipuram Parvathy.
Velure Velure are a down-tempo / electronica / trip hop band from Australia. Velure consists of Lynnelle Moran (vocals), Dan West (guitars, programming), Roy John (programming, synths, dubs), Chris Hale (bass) & Lachlan Carrick (rhodes, synths, melodica, programming).
Veluws Veluws is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect which is spoken on the Veluwe. Veluws is usually divided into two main dialects, West-Veluws (West Veluws) and Oost-Veluws (East Veluws), these two dialects are reasonably similar but differ in grammar.
Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij is a steam railroad line running from the city of Apeldoorn to the town of Dieren in the Netherlands. On its way from Apeldoorn, it passes through the following villages: Lieren / Beekbergen, Loenen, Eerbeek.
Velveeta Velveeta is a brandname of processed cheese first made in 1918 by Swiss immigrant Emil Frey of the Monroe Cheese Company in Monroe, New York. In 1923, The Velveeta Cheese Company was incorporated as a separate company, and was sold to Kraft Foods in 1927.
Velvel Pasternak Velvel Pasternak is one of the world's foremost experts on Jewish music. He is an expert on the music of the Hasidic sect and probably the largest publisher of Jewish music anywhere, although he is quick to note that publishing Jewish music is a business that attracts few rivals.
Velvel Zbarjer Velvel Zbarjer (1824–1884 These dates are given by Bercovici; Liptzin gives a death date of 1883; the Jewish Encyclopedia gives a birth date of "about 1812" and a death date of "about 1882".), birth name Benjamin Wolf Ehrenkrantz (a.
Velventos Velvento (Greek: Βελβεντό, το), Velventos (Βελβεντός, ο) or Velvendos (Βελβενδός, ο) is a town and a municipality in northern Greece, in the Kozani Prefecture. It lies at the foot of the Pierian Mountains, 33 km northeast of the city of Kozani.
Velvet (fish disease) Velvet disease, also called gold dust disease is a fish disease caused by the dinoflagellate parasites of the genera Oödinium, Amyloodinium or Crepidoodinium which gives the fish a dusty, slimy look. The disease often infects fishes in tropical aquaria.
Velvet antler Velvet antler is a mainstay of traditional Chinese medicine, probably second only to ginseng in importance. Velvet antler does not refer to the velvety "skin" on growing antlers, but rather the whole cartilagious antler in a pre-calcified stage.
Velvet Acid Christ Velvet Acid Christ (VAC) is an electro-industrial band based in the Denver, Colorado area of the United States. The band was formed in 1990 as a recreational compliment to the emotional frustrations and drug experiences shared by its members, though it has since evolved into a form of social expression and commentary that is maintained by longstanding member Bryan Erickson.
Velvet belly lantern shark The velvet belly lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae, found on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes of the eastern Atlantic, from Iceland to South Africa, down to depths of 2,500 m between latitudes 70° N and 38° S. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Velvet Blue Music Velvet Blue Music is an Independent record label founded in 1996 by Jeff Cloud (formerly of Joy Electric, Starflyer 59 and other independent bands). They are a label that has prided itself on a completely independent nature and DIY ethics while also living up to these same qualities.
Velvet Brown Velvet Brown is an internationally recognized orchestral and chamber tubist, composer and educator. She is the principal tubist of the Altoona Symphony OrchestraAltoona Symphony Orchestra - Meet the Musicians(retrieved on December 2, 2006).
Velvet crab The velvet crab (alternatively velvet swimming crab or devil crab) is the largest swimming crab found in British coastal waters, with a carapace width of up to 100 mm. The body is coated with short hairs, giving the animal a velvety texture, whence the common name.
Velvet Cacoon Velvet Cacoon (often abbreviated as VC) is a so-called artist collective and multi-genre band from Portland, Oregon, USA. The group allegedly explored musical styles ranging from black metal to dark ambient, and was somewhat shrouded in mystery due to the fact that its members entered the public forum by creating and propagating various bizarre rumors about themselves and their music.
Velvet dogfish The velvet dogfish, Scymnodon squamulosus, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally between latitudes 64° N and 48° S, from the surface to 2,000 m. Its length is up to 84 cm.
Velvet Donkey Velvet Donkey is an album by Ivor Cutler, originally released in 1975 on Virgin Records. Cutler is joined on the record by Fred Frith who plays viola on several tracks, and by Phyllis King who reads six of her own poems and short stories.
Velvet Glove The Velvet Glove was a semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile designed by CARDE (today DRDC Valcartier) and produced by Canadair starting in 1953. 131 Velvet Gloves had been completed when the program was terminated in 1956, officially because of concerns about its ability to be launched at supersonic speeds from the Avro Arrow then under design, but also from the design being overtaken by developments in the United States.
Velvet Goldmine Velvet Goldmine (1998) is a film directed and co-written by Todd Haynes. The film tells the story of a popstar based mainly on David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' character and is set in Britain during the days of Glam Rock in the early 1970s.
Velvet Goldmine (song) "Velvet Goldmine" is a song written by David Bowie and recorded during the Hunky Dory sessions in 1971. However, it did not make it to the album and was eventually released as the B-side to the UK rerelease of "Space Oddity" in 1975.
Velvet Chain Live at the Temple Bar Velvet Chain Live at the Temple Bar is the third album by Velvet Chain, released in December 2000 under the Freak Records label. It is a live recording of a concert at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica, California on August the 4th, 2000 with some additional songs recorded in a studio.
Velvet Nation Velvet Nation was an highly respected gay dance event that took place at the Nation nightclub located in Southeast Washington, DC. The party name was derived from the venue name and "Velvet," an ode to the gay community.
Velvet Revolver Velvet Revolver (abbrieviated to VR) is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup with three former members of Guns N' Roses — Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (who also played with rock bands Hawk and The Cult) — plus Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, and Dave Kushner of the 80s hardcore punk band Wasted Youth.
Velvet Rose Velvet Rose (born June 13, 1980 in McKinney, Texas) is the primary stage name of an exotic dancer who attained notability as one of the few successful ethnic actresses working in the porn industry in the early 2000s. Many incorrectly label her as black when in reality Velvet Rose is bi-racial (caucasian and African American).
Velvet spider The velvet spiders (family Eresidae) are a small group (about 100 species in 10 genera) of almost totally Old World spiders (exception: a few species are known from Brazil). The characteristics of this family of spiders are that they are entelegyne (have a genital plate in the female), eight-eyed araneomorph spiders that build unkempt webs.
Velvet tamarind Velvet tamarind (Dalium cochinchinense or Dialium indum Linn) is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree, native to southern Thailand and Malaysia. It belongs to the Leguminosae family, and has small, typically grape-sized edible fruits with brown hard inedible shells.
Velvet Tone Records Velvet Tone Records was a United States based record label, active from 1925 through 1932. It was produced by Columbia Records and contained material identical to that of Columbia's two other low price labels, Harmony Records and Diva Records.
Velvet whalefish The velvet whalefish, Barbourisia rufa, is a deep-sea whalefish, the sole member of its family Barbourisiidae. It is found throughout the tropical and temperate parts of the world's oceans, mainly in the Pacific near Japan and New Zealand, at depths of 300 to 2,000 m.
Velvet worm Onychophora (also called velvet worms, walking worms, or spitting worms) are segmented, caterpillar-like, terrestrial animals somewhat resembling both arthropods and annelid worms. They are generally regarded either as a class of arthropods or as a separate phylum (in which case they are the only animal phylum to include no marine species).
Vembanattu The Vembanattu Lake, 16km from Kottayam is a vast network of rivers and canals called Vembanattu Lake. An enchanting picinic spot and a fast developing back water tourism, provides boating, fishing and sight seeing experiences that are truly exhilarating.
Vemulavada Vemulavada (alternatively spelt Vemulawada) is a town 38 km from Karimnagar, in the Andhra Pradesh state, India. It is chiefly notable for the Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple complex, a site of pilgrimage for both Hindu (particularly devotees of Vishnu and Shiva) and Muslim worshippers.
Ven Polypheme Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme--known as Ven--is the hero of Elizabeth Haydon's latest series of fantasy books for young adults entitled The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme. Ven is a Nain explorer and is credited with writing All The World's Magic.
Venados de Mazatlán Venados de Mazatlán (English: Mazatlán Reindeers) are a baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League. Based in the city of Mazatlán, the Venados enjoyed their greatest success in 2005, when they won the Caribbean World Series.
Venafrum Venafrum, an ancient town of Campania, Italy, close to the boundaries of both Latium adiectum and Samnium. Its site is occupied by the modern Venafro, a village on the railway from Isernia to Caianello, 15 mi (25 km) southwest of the former, 658 ft (201 m) above sea-level.
Venal office In the context of the French Revolution, a venal office refers to an office sold by the state to raise money, these offices, which were mostly in areas of the judicial system, were retained in exchange for an annual tax of one-sixtieth of the value known as the paulette.
Venancio Ramos Venancio Ariel Ramos Villanueva (born June 20, 1959 in Artigas) is a retired football striker from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Chicharra" during his professional career. Having made his official debut on May 24, 1978 against Spain (0-0), Ramos obtained a total number of 41 international caps for the Uruguay national football team.
Venaticosuchus Venaticosuchus was a Late Triassic quadrupedal crurotarsan archosaur. Originally it was thought to be the ancestor to the carnosaur dinosaurs (which then included Tyrannosaurus), however now it is known to be more closely related to crocodilians than dinosaurs.
Venatio Venatio ("hunt") was a form of entertainment in Roman amphitheaters involving the hunting and slaying of wild animals. Exotic wild beasts from the far reaches of the Roman Empire were brought to Rome and hunts were held in the morning prior to the afternoon main event of gladiatorial duels.
Venceremos Organization Venceremos, Spanish for "We Will Overcome", or "We Will Prevail", was a radical left political group. The group took its name from the battle cry of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a revolutionary communist leader from Argentina and high ranking member of Fidel Castro's communist government in Cuba.
Vend counter A vend counter is a device to count the number of sales from a vending machine in order to thwart theft by employees servicing the machines. They are most common in full line vending machines, but are becoming increasingly common in bulk vending machines as well.
Venda Nova do Imigrante Venda Nova do Imigrante is a municipality, with a capital of the same name, in east central Espírito Santo, Brazil. Created in 1989, by separating from Conceição do Castelo, it stands at a height of 630 meters above sea level.
Vendavel The Vendevale is a westerly wind that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco. This is generally associated with travelling depressions entering the Mediterranean from the west.
Vendée Globe The Vendée Globe is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed non-stop and without assistance.Vendée Globe, the official web site (English version) The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years.
Vendémiaire (F734) The Vendémiaire is a light monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the fifth ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after Vendémiaire, the first month of the Republican Calendar.
Vendel Vendel () is a parish in the Swedish province of Uppland. It is the site of an ancient royal estate (part of a network of royal estates that have been the property of the Swedish kings since the Iron Age, called Uppsala öd).
Vendela Kirsebom Vendela Maria Kirsebom (born January 12, 1967) is a Swedish fashion model. Born in Stockholm, Sweden to a Norwegian mother and a Turkish father, Kirsebom was discovered in Sweden at age 13 while eating in a restaurant with her parents.
Vendela Vida Vendela Vida (born September 6, 1972) is an American novelist, journalist, and editor who lives in San Francisco with her husband, writer Dave Eggers. She graduated from San Francisco University High School in her hometown before attending Middlebury College as an undergraduate.
Vendelinus (crater) Vendelinus is an ancient lunar impact crater located on the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. To the north of Vendelinus is the prominent Langrenus crater, while to the southeast is Petavius crater; forming a chain of prominent craters near the eastern rim.
Vendetagainst "Vendetagainst" is a song by the American alternative rock/grunge band Nirvana. The song is also known under titles like "Help", "Help Me" and "Help Me, I'm Hungry", and was officially released at the 2004 box set With the Lights Out under the latter title.
Vendetta for a Dead Man Vendetta for a Dead Man is the twenty third episode of the popular 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 28 March 1970 on the ITV.
Vendetta for the Saint Vendetta for the Saint is the title of a 1964 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually authored by Harry Harrison, a noted science fiction author who also wrote the syndicated Saint comic strip.
Vendetta Online Vendetta Online is a twitch-based, science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Guild Software for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems. It uses the WGAF game engine, which was written in-house.
Vendicatori The Vendicatori, or Avengers, were a secret society formed about 1186 in Sicily to avenge popular wrongs. The society was finally suppressed by William II of England, the Norman, who hanged the grand master and branded the members with hot irons.
Vendo The Vendo Company is a large retailer of cold beverage vending machines. Founded in 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri and now based in Dallas, Texas, Vendo is one of the largest manufacturers of vending machines in the world.
Vendor lock-in In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in, lock-in, or the Pottersville pattern, is a situation in which a customer is so dependent on a vendor for products and services that he or she cannot move to another vendor without substantial switching costs, real and/or perceived. Frequently, the term connotes some level of intention on the vendor's part to create a lock-in situation, but often a client may be said to be "locked in" in situations that arose unintentionally.
Vendor Managed Inventory Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is a family of business models in which the buyer of a product provides certain information to a supplier of that product and the supplier takes full responsibility for maintaining an agreed inventory of the material, usually at the buyer's consumption location (usually a store).
Vends The Vends were a small tribe who in the 12th-16th century lived in the area around the town of Wenden (now CÄ“sis) in what is now north-central Latvia. The origin of the Vends and their language is disputed; sometimes they are associated with the Western Slavic Wends, while other researchers believe they spoke a Finnic language and were related to the neighboring Livonians and the Votians.
Vendsyssel-Thy Vendsyssel-Thy or Nørrejyske Ø (Danish for North Jutlandic Island) is the northernmost part of Denmark. Technically, it is the second largest island of Denmark (excluding Greenland), however for practical and traditional reasons it is considered a part of the Jutland Peninsula, from which it became physically separated during a flood in 1825.
Veneen luominen Night Ride and Sunrise (The Building of the Boat) was composed by Jean Sibelius. It is an opera inspired by Wagner but the work was never finished as Sibelius became disenchanted with Wagner's compositional techniques.
Veneer (dentistry) In dentistry, a veneer is a thin layer of restorative material placed over a tooth surface, either to improve the aesthetics of a tooth, or to protect a damaged tooth surface. There are two types of material used in a veneer, composite and porcelain.
Venelin Ganev Venelin Yordanov Ganev () was a Bulgarian lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He was a leading authority on commercial law, and after the Communist coup d'Ă©tat on 9 September 1944 was one of the regents of underage tsar Simeon II.
Venenosaurus Venenosaurus (ve-NEE-no-SAWR-us - Latin venenum meaning "poison" and Greek sauros meaning "lizard") named after the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah, where the fossils were discovered by Tidwell, Carpenter & Meyer in 2001. Venenosaurus is a relatively small (probably around 10 m (33 ft) long) titanosauriform sauropod, known from an incomplete skeleton of a single individual (Holotype: DMNH 40932 Denver Museum of Natural History), including caudal vertebrae, left scapula, right radius, left ulna, metacarpals, manus phalanges, right pubis, left and right ischia, metarsals, chevrons and ribs, found in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Grand County, Utah.
Venera 15 and 16 Venera 15 and Venera 16 (Russian: Венера-15, Венера-16) were two identical spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union. Both unmanned orbiters were to map the surface of Venus using high resolution imaging systems.
Venera 3 Venera 3 (Russian:Венера-3) was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. It was launched on November 16, 1965 at 04:19 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Venera-D The Venera-D (Russian: Венера-Д;) probe is a proposed Russian space probe to Venus, to be launched around 2013. Venera-D's prime purpose is to make remote-sensing observations around the planet Venus in a manner similar to that of the U.
Venerable Venerable in daily dictionary usage means to convey an impression of aged goodness and benevolence, but this derives from the title conferred on persons for religious reasons, particularly in the Christian churches.
Venerable English College, Rome The Venerable English College is a seminary based in Rome for the training of priests for the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. Founded in 1362, it is the oldest English institution anywhere outside of England.
Venerable Order of Saint John The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, or Order of St John to use its short title, is a British-based royal order of chivalry, and is found throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as the United States of America. While members are mainly of the Protestant faith, those of other Christian denominations may be honoured with appointment and be accepted into the Order.
Veneralia The Veneralia (April 1) was the Ancient Roman festival of Venus Verticordia ("Changer of hearts"), the goddess of love and beauty. The worship of the goddess Fortuna Virilis ("Bold fortune") was also part of this festival.
Veneration of the dead In many cultures the dead are seen as not permanently severed from the living. Some groups venerate their ancestors, some groups venerate heroic mortals as having god-like qualities, and some groups offer gifts to placate angry ghosts -- the approaches differ.
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test (VDRL) is a nontreponemal serological screening for syphilis, the monitoring of the response to therapy, the detection of CNS involvement, and as an aid in the diagnosis of congenital syphilis. The basis of the test is that an antibody produced by a patient with syphilis reacts with an extract of ox heart (diphosphatidyl glycerol).
Venereology (album) Venereology is an album by Japanese noise musician Masami Akita, under the name Merzbow. It was the first of five Merzbow albums released by the American heavy metal label Relapse Records, under their Release imprint, and as such was responsible for bringing Merzbow's work to a much wider audience in the United States.
Venero Mangano Venero Frank Mangano (September 7, 1921-) is a high ranking member of the Genovese crime family. He is a relative of Vincent Mangano (1888-1951) who was the leader of what would become the Gambino crime family, Phillip Mangano and Lawrence "The Dago" Mangano.
Venetia Diamond Mine The Venetia Diamond Mine is South Africa's largest producer of diamonds. It is situated close to the South African town of Alldays in the Limpopo province and is located within the 360 km² Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve.
Venetia Phair Venetia Phair (née Burney) (born 1919) was the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the planetPluto is no longer regarded as a planet but as a dwarf planet; but at the time Burney named it, it was considered to be a planet. discovered by Clyde W.
Venetia Stanley (1887–1948) Beatrice Venetia Stanley Montagu (August 22 1887 – August 3 1948) was a British aristocrat and socialite best known for the many letters that Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith wrote to her between 1910 and 1915. The youngest daughter of Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley, Venetia was a namesake and collateral descendant of Venetia Stanley (1600–1633) who was renowned for her racy beauty and mysterious death.
Venetian Causeway The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between the City of Miami on the mainland and City of Miami Beach on a barrier island in southern Florida. The man-made Venetian Islands and non-bridge portions of the causeway were created by materials which came from the dredging of the bay.
Venetian Ghetto The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jewish people were compelled to live under the Venetian Republic. It is from its name, in the Venetian language, that the English, Italian, French, French, Spanish, German, and Dutch words for "ghetto" are derived.
Venetian Gothic architecture Venetian Gothic is a term given to a style of architecture combining use of the Gothic lancet arch with Byzantine and Arab influences. The style originates in 14th century Venice where the confluence of Byzantine style from Constantinople met Arab influence from Moorish Spain.
Venetian Islands, Miami Beach, Florida The Venetian Islands are a chain of artificial islands in Biscayne Bay near Miami Beach, Florida. The islands are, from west to east: Biscayne Island, San Marco Island, San Marino Island, Di Lido Island, Rivo Alto Island, and Belle Isle.
Venetian language Venetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. The language is called vèneto in Venetian, veneto in Italian; the variant spoken in Venice is called venesiàn/venessiàn or veneziano, respectively.
Venetian polychoral style The Venetian polychoral style was a type of music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras which involved spatially separate choirs singing in alternation. It represented a major stylistic shift from the prevailing polyphonic writing of the middle Renaissance, and was one of the major stylistic developments which led directly to the formation of what we now know as the Baroque style.
Venetian School In music history, the Venetian School is a term used to describe the composers working in Venice from about 1550 to around 1610; it also describes the music they produced. The Venetian polychoral compositions of the late 16th century were among the most famous musical events in Europe, and their influence on musical practice in other countries was enormous.
Venetian Slovenia Venetian Slovenia (Italian Slavia Veneta, Slovenian Beneška Slovenija) is a small region in northeastern Italy, near the Slovenian border, north of the town of Gorizia (Slovenian Gorica). It has a significant Slovenian minority.
Venetian Snares Venetian Snares is the performing name of Aaron Funk, an electronic music producer and performer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is known for making experimental IDM, breakcore and glitchcore often in odd numbered time signatures, and for his prolific recordings, having released records on the History of the Future, Isolate/DySLeXiC ResPonSe, Addict, Zod, Distort, Sublight, Low-Res, Planet Mu and Hymen record labels.
Venetism Venetism is a term used to define an autonomist movement demanding more autonomy for Veneto from Rome, if not the independence, refusing the validity of the result of the referendum with which Veneto was united with Italy in 1866 and wanting to re-discover the Republic of Venice's traditions, culture and language. For these people, of which we can remember Franco Rocchetta (founder of Liga Veneta), Ettore Beggiato (who wrote a book called: "1866: the big trick", 1866: la grande truffa), Sabino Acquaviva and Giampaolo Borsetto, Veneto is a nation separated from Italy.
Venetta Fields Venetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, and the Rolling Stones. Since 1982 she has lived in Australia.
Venezia Park Historic District The Venezia Park Historic District is a historic district in Venice, Florida. It is bounded by Palermo Street, Sorrento Street, South Harbor Drive, and Salerno Street, encompasses approximately 550 acres, and contains 47 historic buildings.

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